I have never posted a review before this on anything but I really feel like this is necessary because the reviews I read are very misleading.
First, keep in mind that this place is for a very specific type of person.
When you first go there, you probably won't notice the door. The area could be worse but it definitely doesn't feel like a super safe and secure environment. The "bouncer" ID's you at the door before you can even go inside the building and asks if anyone has cellphones. If you do, he puts a sticker on the camera because they do not allow pictures inside.
You must go before 1 o'clock to pay a $15 dollar entrance free because 1 a.m. on the dot and they charge $20 dollars. You sign the waiver that says you are a member for the night which is how they are allowed to be open until 7 a.m.
The bar: VERY basic. They have PBR and redbull, cheap vodka and other liquors, and mixers like coke and cranberry. The have a tip box because drinks are free. They cannot charge you for alcohol and be open until 7 a.m. There is an atm because cards are useless there. The coat check on the other side of the bar is $2.
The interior. All black. black walls, floor, ceiling, and literally almost every single person was wearing black. It very much is a queer spot. Everyone is welcome but the crowd is very much, grown-up emo kids, alternative hipsters and ravers, and that weird kid who wears a tail every where he goes. Minimal artwork, all paintings of naked men in leather this or that.
There is a hallway and an open corridor to the left where people talk at. Then there is one room still to the left but in the back where most of the more "eccentric people" hang out in because they are literally playing gay porn on the t.v. screen. Even standing near that room was making my eyes absolutely effing burn because of the amount of cigarette smoke billowing out of it.
The room by the bar has seating and there is one weird woman mannequin with no head, arms, or legs and it glows red. Go to the right and you get to the dance floor. One word: DRUGS.
Everyone on that dance floor, mostly men on men, was out of their minds tripping on drugs.
There is one huge led wall that flashes rainbow colors. The bass is awesome. But the music? I wish I was exaggerating when I say that they played the EXACT. SAME. BEAT. the ENTIRE EFFING NIGHT. I paid attention and so did my other friends. It did not change even ONE TIME. I feel brainwashed and it was extremely disappointing.
In order to get to the bathrooms you have to wade through the effed-up crowd. Yes, the bathrooms are clean. The men's: no door. You can look right in and see their backs lined up as they are relieving themselves. The woman's: a curtain covering the door way and if you walk right in you'll catch a girl on the toilet, no stall or anything. Just one toilet. So you better look under the "curtain", (pretty sure it was a black sheet) or hope that someone knows if someone is in there. While you're waiting in for your friends to go to the bathroom, against the wall are these "nooks". It's a seating area with black mats that you can crawl into surrounded completely by walls for privacy. I touched a mat and it was DRENCHED. People are definitely having "interactions" in those nooks.
The one thing I can say that I really enjoyed was the conversation. All kinds of people walk up and start talking to you. Because of the atmosphere everyone is really open-minded and friendly. I never felt threatened by anyone, probably because in the LQBTQIA community, they are harassed on a daily basis. Same thing with the more alternative crowd. But if I wanted to be in that kind of atmosphere I would go back to my shitty hometown and go hang in the bedroom of the druggie bisexual kid who likes to vandalize parks and walls with the anarchy symbol who has been smoking two packs a day since he was 11 because his mom is addicted to meth and never noticed her Pall Mall's went missing.
If that is your scene; I literally think most of them used to be scene kids, then you'll love it. But it is NOTHING like a normal club and if that's what you're looking for, you will be more satisfied going home and not waking up with your hair smelling like 6,000 cigarettes. Now I am going to take a shower. Good luck. read more